--- title: "Elyssa O. Slutzky | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elyssa-o-slutzky" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Elyssa O. Slutzky Kings County Housing Court · Housing Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Kings County Housing Court - State: New York - Role: Housing Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, NY City Civil Court, Housing Court, Kings County, Appointed, 2024 to 2029 - New York City Housing Court judge in Kings County (Brooklyn), appointed in August 2024 for a five‐year term, with extensive prior experience in housing law and court service - NYS Unified Court System, Special Counsel to the Village Courts in Nassau County 2022 to 2024 - NYS Unified Court System, Associate Court Attorney to the Hon. Anne Katz 2014 to 2022 - The Law Offices of Christian Aaron Pickney Associate Attorney 2011 to 2014 - Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt PC Associate Attorney 2009 to 2011 - Goldberg & Lindenberg PC f/k/a Goldberg, Gonciarz & Scudieri Associate Attorney 1993 to 1995 - Judge Slutzky’s work in Housing Court involves adjudicating disputes over rent, evictions, habitability, and other housing issues, applying New York’s landlord–tenant law and procedural rules ### Education - New York Law School — J.D. (1993) - University of Arizona — B.A. (1988) ### Additional information ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/JudicialDirectory) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Elyssa O. Slutzky](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=0dvFz2WUcwtXk1BUrxGiGw%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elyssa-o-slutzky", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elyssa-o-slutzky", "name": "Elyssa O. Slutzky | KnowJudges", "description": "Elyssa O. Slutzky, Kings County Housing Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elyssa-o-slutzky#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elyssa-o-slutzky#judge", "name": "Elyssa O. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.